tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126032.post4934232051613356782..comments2023-04-05T01:35:25.303-07:00Comments on Fetal Positions III: Detour or Day Twenty-Four (You Decide): Motherhood, Weather and the Unsettling of Minds in the HeartlandKittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213518393810493720noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126032.post-34768979495492809392011-06-09T20:39:40.000-07:002011-06-09T20:39:40.000-07:00I think about the state of mind in which there are...I think about the state of mind in which there are storms brewing , and the furrows which form on the brow from the churning internal air. You describe this state so well. I feel the frustration, the self-condemnation, the consolation of the pregnant waitress, the vastness of the loss of your mother. And I know what a great mother you are. I admire how you can put so much down on a page, in so few words. Of course, I thought of you immediately when I heard about the Springfield tornado...Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001722201202387297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126032.post-2222189092930166182011-06-08T19:48:56.706-07:002011-06-08T19:48:56.706-07:00Love the stories. I will definitely need to go thr...Love the stories. I will definitely need to go through this next year as we plan our own trip East in a less than cool van so that I catch all the good kid things! And, I totally get the missing mom. It was 2 years ago this past Saturday for me.Janinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126032.post-38987749249972879252011-06-08T14:45:23.426-07:002011-06-08T14:45:23.426-07:00Missing Mom, yes, missing Mom. And I have thought...Missing Mom, yes, missing Mom. And I have thought of the unfairness of you as a young mother missing Mom. <br />Glad you did find your pregnant waitress to be respite for the weary traveler.<br />Hadn't realized Massachusetts was actually declared a disaster area after the twister, but we surely were startled they'd had one. Even Philadelphia had a little twister and a tiny earth tremor.<br />Didn't know the fortune cookie version, but Mom said kids used to add "under the covers" to the titles of Reader's Digest articles.<br />Love and peace.Ritanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126032.post-60790424368707239122011-06-08T06:39:10.024-07:002011-06-08T06:39:10.024-07:00You must must must publish this diary .. you are t...You must must must publish this diary .. you are the most awesome writer .. and I miss your mother too.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.com